POETS
Aries Hl is a multi-talented young man who is from the island of
Barbados in the Caribbean. He is a singer, rapper, song writer, poet
and a dancer.
Aries Hl was born on April 15th 1989 and given the name Carlos
Antonio Bovell. His first dabble into the creative arts with dancing,
and as a member of the dance group Higher Level he reached great
success.
Currently pursuing his passion for music and poetry, he aims to
make a change and be an inspiration for people all around the world
as his positivity and belief in his abilities takes him towards his
dreams
Dillon Ollivierre is an award winning poet whose
creativity,versatility and depth combines to create a visual
heart felt masterpiece.
Born on the morning of January 26th 1989, at the
Kingstown General Hospital in St.Vincent. Dillon
Ollivierre is the only child for his parents Lucian and
Verina Ollivierre and resides at Friendship, Bequia.
He began writing in 2005 while attending the Bequia
Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School. His inspiration
derived mainly from love. The first poem he attempted
was to express his love to his crush but his attempt was
proven futile as he did not feel it truly interpreted his true
feelings. Nevertheless, he strived for excellence each day
as he continued to gain many support and motivation for
what was such difficult pieces.
Dillon's poetry has been featured on local websites, in
local newspapers and on various websites throughout the
Caribbean and the world.As his poetry continues to gain
new readers Dillon has develop a passion for tackling
issues which affects our youths and our people, one issue
which he constantly addressing is crime and violence.
Due to Dillon's stance on the issue On Janaury 9, 2012
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves made mention of
Dillon’s poem which he found while reading the
Caribbean net news which he deemed as “ very
interesting poem with real focal sentiments’ . Few days
later on January Dillon Ollivierre was once again mention
in the house of parliament this time by the then New
Democratic Party Senator Anesia Baptiste. With Dillon
capturing the attention of many readers he did his first
local interview with Ashford Peters, Freelancer for the
News Newspaper which was published on January 27,
2012 with the heading ‘ poet calls for local art to be more
prominent in classrooms’.
Dillon has won two awards: KEE Creative Arts In
Entertainment Award in 2012 and The National Poetry
Award - Young Poet of the Year 2014 ( St.Vincent & The
Grenadines) . This he says ' is motivation to continue to
relate, educate and motivate his readers, while also
addressing issues, and serving God by embracing his
talent and his purpose' .
Dillon’s commitment and passion to represent the youths
is evident in his writing as he often speaks directly to
them, encouraging them and motivating them to
contribute, to be the change they want to see in the world.
Dillon displays has shown and is daily exhibiting the
young activist within.
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